Watching the NBA

[brewcity77]

awwww... poor little guy got "pounced on"

I never would have cared if you didn't like the nba.  I started making fun of you after you had written 3 posts of about 300 words each and said that watching a draft for 4 hours, so that you could see two guys get their name called( by a team that they aren't going to) is more fun that watching game 7 of a play off series.  Not originally you said that you avioded the regular season then you ramped it up to the finals not being fun.  Since then you've put more work into this thread than you probably put into some of your college finals.

Just type less.  Take some deep breaths and stop calling people immature, stupid and whatever else pops into your head.  realize that this is a COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM forum and that people may make fun of your ideas.

BTW: i suggested watching the 3rd transformers the other night and mrs rawdog turned it down and opted for Human Centipede 2.

Again with the not reading the thread. Look at my posts. The first was a bit lengthy, 9 sentences. Most of the rest (8/11) were 1-3 lines of text, not exactly long posts. Regardless, I actually like posting full thoughts. Personal preference. You don't like it, don't read them, don't keep quoting them.

I don't enjoy the NBA. The regular season is way too long, I don't feel much of a connection to the players, and I just don't think 7-game series are as dramatic. Same reason I'm not a huge fan of the MLB playoffs. The only sport that really captures high drama, in my opinion, in a 7-game series is the NHL. Regardless, I think I've stated my case at length as to why I don't enjoy the league, I think it's a perfectly valid opinion (just like your opinion that you like it), and I strongly suggest you get over yourself. You're so wrapped up in attacking me (god knows why) that you are going for the message board version of "I know you are but what am I?".

Have fun with that.

[chapman]

BTW: i suggested watching the 3rd transformers the other night and mrs rawdog turned it down and opted for Human Centipede 2.

I'd watch the WNBA before either of those. 

[RawdogDX]

Again with the not reading the thread. Look at my posts. The first was a bit lengthy, 9 sentences. Most of the rest (8/11) were 1-3 lines of text, not exactly long posts. Regardless, I actually like posting full thoughts. Personal preference. You don't like it, don't read them, don't keep quoting them.

I don't enjoy the NBA. The regular season is way too long, I don't feel much of a connection to the players, and I just don't think 7-game series are as dramatic. Same reason I'm not a huge fan of the MLB playoffs. The only sport that really captures high drama, in my opinion, in a 7-game series is the NHL. Regardless, I think I've stated my case at length as to why I don't enjoy the league, I think it's a perfectly valid opinion (just like your opinion that you like it), and I strongly suggest you get over yourself. You're so wrapped up in attacking me (god knows why) that you are going for the message board version of "I know you are but what am I?".

Have fun with that.

No one is 'attacking' anyone.  You do this all the time.  10 points, 8 are decent and then you follow it up with name calling.  Go smoke a bowl.

[brewcity77]

No one is 'attacking' anyone.  You do this all the time.  10 points, 8 are decent and then you follow it up with name calling.  Go smoke a bowl.

[RushmoreAcademy]

I enjoying watching the NBA, both regular season and playoffs (Bulls fan).  I love the game, and when it comes down to it, I like following careers, which for the best players in college, is short lived.   Deep in my heart of hearts, I'm a baseball fan, and a stats fan, and the longer tenures give me a better chance of doing that.
Although, and I was discussing this with my buddy the other day, I've gotten more enjoyment and excitement out of watching MU basketball over the past 7 or 8 years than any other sport.

MU Game > Any NBA Game Regular or post season
NCAA Tournament>NBA Playoffs
NBA Post Season > College Regular Season
NBA Regular Season (Non Bulls) = College Regular Season (Non MU)

[MarsupialMadness]

As for non-MU regular season college games, I really only enjoy watching BEast matchups.  I can't stand watching B10 basketball.  I'll sometimes catch myself watching ACC or B12 matchups, but even those can get boring.  I guess I just don't know as many of the players as I do for BEast teams?

[Blue Horseshoe]

My point is that...in my opinion.....after watching the bulls win with guys like Rodman, and Pippen, then Jordan getting suspended from the league, aka, his baseball sidetrack, it started to feel like you had to take a shower after watching them.  And, no I don't have anything against the bulls.

I am amazed and impressed with how the NBA markets itself.  They are a machine.  More power to them.

There are so many things wrong with this. I have no idea what you are talking about.

[RawdogDX]

But you still got the last word.  What a winner you are!

[Benny B]

Let me start by saying that I'm apparently one of the few NBA fans on this board. However, one of my biggest beefs with the NBA is that at the start of each season, there are only 3 or 4 teams that have a legitimate shot at winning the championship while the rest of the teams are playing to either make a respectable run in the playoffs, develop some young guys or lose enough to get a good draft pick. Prior to this past season, if I had bet you $1 million on who would win the championship and given you everyone EXCEPT Miami, Chicago and OKC, would you have taken the bet? No chance. What if I gave you ONLY Miami, Chicago and OKC? You'd take it in a second.

IMO - the NFL's enormous popularity in this country has a lot to do with parity... the Packers went 15-1 last year and got bounced from the playoffs in the first game.  When's the last time a NBA team dominated in the regular season and were bounced in the first round of the playoffs (because they got outplayed not because of an injury to a star player)?  Or to put it differently, when's the last time Cinderella won the NBA Finals?  When an outcome is more or less preordained (or darn close to it), it's simply not as fun to watch the game.  Sure, there's going to be a mild upset in the NBA once in a while, but when Miami played Charlotte this year, there was no suspense over the outcome before those three games.  The most dramatic parts of an NBA game are the starting lineups and the last two minutes.  I will concede that things are a bit different in the playoffs, but frankly, if you can't keep someone's attention during the season, don't act surprised when they decide not to hang when the playoffs come around.  Honestly, I couldn't care less about the game of basketball.  What I like is the drama, suspense & competition that surrounds the game... and frankly, the NCAA version is consistently superior to the NBA in that regard.

Moreover, if I'm going to give my money to spoiled, professional athletes, I'll choose to give it to the ones buying steroids and chewing tobacco, not the ones buying strippers and guns.

[Hards Alumni]

The way that the NBA playoffs are designed is for the best team to win.  The same can be said about the MLB playoff system

You can't say that about the NCAA tournament, and you definitely can't say that about the NFL.

It is all a matter of preference which you like.

I like that there is a difference in the way we decide who is the best in each sport.

What the NFL and NCAA make up for in excitement, they really lack in determination of the 'best team'.

[Bocephys]

But you still got the last word.  What a winner you are!

Says the guy who responded solely to get the last word...

[Benny B]

The way that the NBA playoffs are designed is for the best team to win.  The same can be said about the MLB playoff system

You can't say that about the NCAA tournament, and you definitely can't say that about the NFL.

It is all a matter of preference which you like.

I like that there is a difference in the way we decide who is the best in each sport.

What the NFL and NCAA make up for in excitement, they really lack in determination of the 'best team'.

Interesting point, and I can't say I disagree at all.  In fact, I know only three people who wanted Kentucky to win the NCAA tournament this year... not one was a Kentucky fan or had any ties to the team, but incidentally, I would qualify all three as "hardcore" NBA fans.

Hypothesis: The "NBA fan" seeks validation of who he believes is the best team.  The "NCAA fan" wants that team to lose.

[forgetful]

Moreover, if I'm going to give my money to spoiled, professional athletes, I'll choose to give it to the ones buying steroids and chewing tobacco, not the ones buying strippers and guns.

I'm not sure exactly which sports spoiled professional athletes you are referring to.  Given that the NBA, NFL and MLB are all on steroids and all indulge in strippers and guns, is there some professional sport that I'm unaware of that only indulges in steroids and tobacco?

[CTWarrior]

IMO - the NFL's enormous popularity in this country has a lot to do with parity... the Packers went 15-1 last year and got bounced from the playoffs in the first game. 

The NFL's popularity has a lot to do with parity, but it has much more to do with gambling and the scarcity of games.  Only 16 regular season games/team and 11 total postseason games.  I'm not a big football fan, but I know a lot of guys who are, and pretty much all of them wager on the games in some form, either through weekly office pools or outright betting. 

Baseball is a different animal because there really is no such thing as an upset in a baseball game.  The worst teams beat the best teams 25-30% of the time.  Just the nature of the sport.  The best team rarely wins the World Series.

[Silkk the Shaka]

I'm not sure exactly which sports spoiled professional athletes you are referring to.  Given that the NBA, NFL and MLB are all on steroids and all indulge in strippers and guns, is there some professional sport that I'm unaware of that only indulges in steroids and tobacco?

Thank you!  I thought I had accidentally stumbled upon a UW message board when reading the end of Benny B's post.

[Silkk the Shaka]

The NFL's popularity has a lot to do with parity, but it has much more to do with gambling and the scarcity of games.  Only 16 regular season games/team and 11 total postseason games.  I'm not a big football fan, but I know a lot of guys who are, and pretty much all of them wager on the games in some form, either through weekly office pools or outright betting. 

Baseball is a different animal because there really is no such thing as an upset in a baseball game.  The worst teams beat the best teams 25-30% of the time.  Just the nature of the sport.  The best team rarely wins the World Series.

The NFL's popularity is in no small part related to the fact that a large portion of the fan base is made up of the fat guys who played growing up because there was a place for them on the offensive and defensive lines, so they can relate to the sport.  Those same guys never played basketball, because it is a sport that requires a skill besides seeing something 6 inches in front of you and hitting it after the word hike. Most of them feel they can't relate to 6'9" freak run/jump athletes, so they dismiss the sport and call the players things like "spoiled."  The NBA is comprised of the best athletes on the planet top to bottom, which is why it's appealing to me.  I know I could never do those things, and it's amazing to watch.  Regular season can drag though.

[RawdogDX]

Says the guy who responded solely to get the last word...

That irony was intentional.  Glad you noticed.

[Benny B]

Thank you!  I thought I had accidentally stumbled upon a UW message board when reading the end of Benny B's post.

Why... are they not teaching poetry at MU anymore?